When driver can't allocate receive buffer it drops incoming packet, so update counter. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- drivers/net/sky2.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- sky2-2.6.21.orig/drivers/net/sky2.c 2007-05-08 10:28:50.000000000 -0700 +++ sky2-2.6.21/drivers/net/sky2.c 2007-05-08 10:28:54.000000000 -0700 @@ -2132,8 +2132,10 @@ static int sky2_status_intr(struct sky2_ switch (le->opcode & ~HW_OWNER) { case OP_RXSTAT: skb = sky2_receive(dev, length, status); - if (!skb) + if (unlikely(!skb)) { + sky2->net_stats.rx_dropped++; goto force_update; + } skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev); sky2->net_stats.rx_packets++; -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html